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ah, oh, an official and line of the john. ah ah, israeli forces beat up mourners during the funeral of al jazeera joan this trina, i'm actually causing her coughing to almost fall to the ground. ah, i'm carry johnson. this is al jazeera from doha, without ongoing, extensive coverage of the killing of sharing a, with a disturbing footage and from the funeral procession procession. today in jerusalem,
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we regret the intrusion to what should have been a peaceful procession. whitehouse expresses regrets, but all sorts of condemning the attack on doing series funeral to ring was they to lay to rest at mount silent, occupied east jerusalem. 2 days after she was shot dead by israeli forces and an icon of the arab speaking world. we look back at sharon's remarkable career and the legacy she leaves behind ah, we begin with a special tribute to our murdered colleague, serene ugly. she's been laid to rest of the cemetery and occupied east jerusalem. but her funeral procession was disrupted when israeli forces attacked mourners carrying her casket, prompting widespread condemnation. sharina was shot in the head by israeli forces
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on wednesday morning, while on assignment in janine in the occupied westbank. stephanie deca begins are coverage from occupied east jerusalem. oh, thousands came to say their goodbyes. many who are feeling the new serene personally. that's how much you connected with her audience. telling the story of her people and now becoming the story a. 2 people know that what he's doing is a good time and they get help with the occupation. she long reported on a just as the and started its final journey to the church. o. mourners were pushed and beaten by his ready forces as
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a storm. the hospital square, the pole berries retreating. her coffin nearly footing to the ground. ah! for to police in riot gear. on horseback, baffling scenes. at least one man pulled out of the hearse. is really forces also removing the palestinian flag there. i knew they were not going to let this day go by peacefully. i was on the frontline when we were trying to exit the hospital while they were carrying her casket and a troop. they were, they just stormed in and they were beating up everyone. it was very frightening to the owner who is also tension when she reads body arrived outside the church in the christian quarter of the old city crowds filling the small streets. this
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ancient city. oh oh oh. but once the coffin made it inside, granted more peace shooting the bodily brooch, the message of every palestinian, of suffering dog brigitte of life not to be estimated, but to be nurtured. c c i blackly was shot dead in the occupied west bank along an assignment in the jenin refugee camp. her funeral procession was joined by thousands of palestinians, a show of the widespread affection and admiration she had earned through her years of reporting their lives long. trina, black, who was buried next to her parents at the mount zion cemetery. both her parents died in the early stages of her career and never knew how loved and respected she become. the crowds have gone to family has gone. sharon's grave has now been sealed,
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but even after her death she continued to tell the palestinian story. stephanie decker al jazeera in occupied is true islam. our da 0 media network reacted to israeli forces, attacking mourners and obstructing shootings. funeral procession saying it violates all norms and international laws. that work also said that it holds the israeli government fully responsible for the safety and security of all the mourners. and she means families. torso said the violence will not deter it from reporting the truth. through the factual, accurate and objective coverage of the bible administration has given them you to the response over the killing of assuring abstractly our white house correspondent kimberly harker has more as mourners. attending journalists, serene abu ack laced funeral were attacked by israeli security forces. white house press secretary gen saki, simply called it an intrusion, but refused to condemn the attacks. copays images deeply disturbing of israeli
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police. a beating mourners were carrying this casket. he said, we regret the intrusion, do you condemn his actions? i think when we said they were disturbing, we, obviously we're not, we're not justifying them, but i think i will leave my comments at what i said, go ahead. but her answers didn't sit well with reporters who pressed for an explanation as to why president biden is allowing israel a u. s. l i that receives billions annually and military funding to treat sharon's funeral and the investigation into her death, an american citizen. with such disrespect, american journalists, i can in ukraine, nobody with one investigation. it's been going there. you know how the russians, why is ready to get away with this? why not put in put an independent wiring fisma policy has not been israel is capable investigating itself. we understand that there are investigations by both
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sides. we've offered our assistance to the israelis to the palestinians, and we are prepared to provide that. should they want it still? when asked if president biden had even contacted sharon's family, or if he would use his leverage with the israelis to bring sharina killers to account. this was the answer that the president would request to speak with. he is really government directly about the ongoing. i don't have any calls to predict at this point in time. the president himself appeared a short time later, but had little to add. i don't know all the detail, but i know it has to be investigated. indeed, despite an american journalist being killed, president biden refused to condemn the attacks on mourners at her funeral. even as earlier in the day, president biden met with king abdullah of jordan in the oval office to discuss the escalation of violence between israelis and palestinians. in the region,
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an initial report by the israeli military says it's difficult to determine the exact source of gunfire which killed street, but it's not running out fault by israeli soldiers. according to the very needed military service inquiries looking at 2 scenarios, one actually was hit by palestinians who fired put it towards israeli military vehicles. the 2nd that was really soldier returning her inadvertently hit her with mrs. and the student health ministry say she really was hit by is really got a lot of the face is a law professor at queen's university. he says both sharina killing on the attack on her funeral. are astounding to have knowledge of the fact that a journalist doing her job covering events unoccupied palestine for the past 2 decades with gun down simply for that purpose, to stop her from reporting on the matter. that's one thing. it's quite another to see the response of the occupying power. it's police,
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it's authorities occupied jerusalem and to, to do what they did during the funeral procession to violently be civilians, paul bearers, who are simply just trying to bring in the body of the deceased, the killed reporter, your final resting place. i. i was struck done by my at all, i served with the united nations in occupied palestine and lived in truce for a fall over a decade. i'm very familiar with the area, look as an occupied territory, the occupying power. israel is not sovereign in that territory cannot as a matter of international law be sovereign and therefore it goes out of its way stops at nothing really, to ensure that any expression of palestinian nationalism national symbols including the flag are not present. certainly not in events that might emerge as this seemed to have been to be a demonstration in addition to
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a funeral of palestinian national fervor as an occupied territory be occupied palestinian territory to use the un terminology. the only people that are sovereign in that territory or at least have a right to sovereignty and territory are themselves the policy and people. and therefore israel will do nothing, will stop at nothing rather to ensure that that doesn't happen. let's take a look back now. the extraordinary life of our friend and colleague on the legacy she leaves this state like funeral for a journalist who dedicated her life to the struggle for freedom i. trina barkley was killed by israeli soldiers on wednesday, but the veteran journalists legacy will live on the while she was alive. she was an icon in the arb speaking world and by murdering her
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israel has now ensure her name has transcended even its own militarized checkpoints . and borders reaching people the world over. ok, we were standing here. what i know, what nobody was born in 1971. sure. in grew up under the harsh reality of an illegal occupation that's continues to strip millions of palestinians from their most basic rights in which was her quest for freedom that drove her to eventually pursue a career in journalism. korean had initially studied civil engineering as per her parents wishes. but her determination to seek the truth to manifest her freedom through journalism and to speak truth to power was too strong. she switched careers and eventually graduated with a degree in print journalism from the mac university in neighboring jordan. she began her professional career working for the united nations refugee agency on her way before moving on to the voice of palestine. and then frances monte carlo radio
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station knows that the provided is that idea. as a relatively unknown 26 year old sharina joined al jazeera shortly after the channel launched at the military and have all of them. what i did, i said he was she seen in this clip with jerusalem bureau chief a little on monday at the introduce her to the audience both on aware of the impact she would go on to have both in life and jala had this trina barkley quickly became a household name to her coverage of the 2nd and to father and the crimes committed by the israeli occupation during its invasion of romanella and surrounding cities in the early 2, thousands speaking calmly, yet confidently. her distinctive voice relate stories from the refugee comes in. eagle checkpoints, and even from inside israel's prisms, the more she reported the more israeli forces and settlers tried to silence her. but she never lost her composure, nor her determination. beyond palestine, should he and also reported from cairo, london, new york,
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and other cities around the world. she wasn't just a mentor to young girls and boys who watched her on their screens. the veteran reporter also took journalism at beautiful university, empowering youth through education, and providing young people living under a brutal occupation with some hope that their voices will one day be heard. should he in dedicated her life to giving a voice to the voiceless? her silenced voice must now be amplified by press freedom advocates to bring her killers to justice. ah, her body may be buried, but surely in a barclay's name shall live on children of all kinds of still ahead on al jazeera, acting with impunity. how the murder of sherman is only the latest long list of civilian kings in the occupied territories. ah,
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this journey has begun. the 3 full world camp is on its way to catherine group. your travel package today. hello, we have sunshine moving to where to pan over the next couple of days. it has been rather wet here recently. easy lot said cloud just pushing in across the area. the menu front has been just pumping out that wet weather across southern parts of china, easing across taiwan, pushing across sir japan of the same day. it is gonna be a wet day for most, but it will clear up it will brighten up as we go through the day by the end of the day, it should be last dry. awful one or 2 showers leave. no showers should clear away as we go through sunday 21 celsius in tokyo. it will feel fresher, but a lot of fine and dry weather as his case to across the korean peninsula. northern parts of china, heavy showers, continuing across the south of china. northern parts of vietnam, seeing some of those lively down pause,
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a financial incentive to do that. pricing the planet on al jazeera. ah ah, watching on just a reminder of our top stories, israeli forces have beaten mourners carrying the body of palestinian journalist showing as active people struggling to hold on to her coffin and nearly fell to the ground. the white house says it's deeply disturbed by pictures of the attack on the funeral procession. press secretary gentle saki says it should have been a day to remember the night for the church service and burial took place without incident. she was laid to rest on mount surrounding occupied east jerusalem was 51
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years old. the murder over sharina is the latest and a long history of killings or civilians in the occupied territories. and amnesty international report earlier this year showed successive israeli governments of treated palestinians as a demographic threat. same as robbie has more ah, when tracing crimes is rules, military has committed against palestinians. it can be difficult to know where to begin. oh, a timeline of subjugation that began in 1948 the atrocities numerous, the suffering on go home. demolitions and forced displacement have become routine. ah, endless checkpoints to restrict and control movement. were palestinians routinely experienced abuse and humiliation. ha dehumanization that pales in comparison,
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only to the massacres perpetrated time after time. oh, palestinian american journalist sharina blacklist targeted killing is only the latest in a long history of civilian deaths at the hands of israeli occupiers. shedding abarc less blood is just as much on the hands of the united states and the european union and great britain and others, a canada as well, who are stand in the way of accountability and arm and support. the israeli occupation that murdered sharina barclay as it mud as palestinians almost daily. ah, for the number of palestinian civilians caught in his really cross hairs seems endless. but some cases stand out. in september of 2012 year
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old mohammed altura was shot and killed and gaza video of his father jamal trying to shield his son from israeli. bullets became one of the most powerful images of the 2nd and the father. little bit in 2017 in israeli sniper shot and killed abraham a both. what are you doing? protests against the u. s. move to name jerusalem. as israel's capital. the wheelchair bound activists lost both his legs in an israeli air rate in 2008 in 2018 is really forces killed palestinian nurse rose on, on the jar as she tried to help a wounded protester. she became one of the more than 100 people killed during demonstrations against the grinding is really blockade of casa successive generations of palestinian leaders half turned to the international community for help. but decades of appeals have not slowed the pace of israeli abuses. what does
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your message going to be to israel? what does the united states message to israel regarding the situation? and so our, our message and the ambassador gave that mash message very strongly to everyone is that this has to be investigated. i'd has to be investigated transparently, and we're encouraging both sides to participate in that investigation so that we can get down to the ah, to why this happened our highest priority as the protection of american citizens and the protection of journalists. it is so important that journalists be allowed to do their jobs without fear. and so our message again is less get to the bottom of this lesson. sure, this never happens again. uh huh. despite the public rhetoric, the u. s. government, israel's main ally continues to send billions of dollars and military aid to israel emboldening what rights groups described as an apartheid state with devastating consequences for generations of palestinians zane basra,
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of april to 0. nina abu, our clays, serena niece, she says, while she's trying to remain optimistic about accountability, she fits there will be none. i was expecting something would happen, even though they had said everything will go smoothly. but i didn't trust it. i knew they were not going to let this day go by peacefully. i was on the frontline when we were trying to exit the hospital while they were carrying the casket. and the true they were, they just stormed and they were beating up everyone. it was very frightening to be on that has, this is a funeral. this is a peaceful funeral. everyone was there to pay their respects. everyone was there for there to is to show their support and love. and at the end of the day, even in her day, she was not even with the day close,
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the funeral was fine and i really will just to serve. i really hope that official diploma with high dignitaries aren't just saying aren't just condemning get there. i'm just saying, and just it's not just words, i whole words become action. and i hope that we move into a process where we actually shipping is actually in the just a phone that his tragedy will actually bring in accountability. but i also am afraid that this will be a precedent for other for other moments where journalists are killed and nothing is still some other news. now, the president of the united arab emirates and bruno of its capital of adobe, has been laid to rest us. he has announced 40 days of mourning for shake cuz he had
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been on it on the young. he was 73 years old, of the kind of private workplace. his will close for 3 days. shake clever, had been in power for 18 years after succeeding his father in 2004. u. s. defense secretary has spoken his russian counterpart for the 1st time since invasion of ukraine, and has called for an immediate cease fire. this ukraine starts his 1st war crimes trial of the conflicts prosecuting a russian soldier for an actually killing and unarmed civilian 21 year old sergeant is accused of shooting at 62 year old ukrainian man through an open car window. if convicted, he could get life in prison. ukraine is looking into more than 10000 potential war kinds involving more than 600 suspects. ukraine's foreign minister has met his counterparts from the g 7 group of nations to discuss further action to help kids to increase pressure on moscow or diplomatic effort. james base reports from the
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vice in house in northern germany. the french foreign minister said the purpose of this g 7 meeting was to support ukraine in its war with russia. until this victory, the leaders discussed fresh military support with the european union proposing a further payment of over $500000000.00 for new heavy weaponry. with the global food crisis growing, the e. u is also working on plans to use rail roots to export the grain, which is trapped in storage in ukraine. the use hi representative joseph barrell told me it was a matter of urgency. the wall that pens of ships block and your cranium port. my de russian navy, tons of wheat has been destroyed and burn or stolen and brought to russia. they do law me. foot crisis is a crisis created by to war. and we need to take 1000 of tons of wheat out of
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ukraine. my trail since her money time abroad is close due to the russian navy activities attending this meeting alongside the g 7 foreign ministers, the metro caliber, the foreign minister of ukraine. he'll be travelling soon to brussels, where the e u is proposing a ban on russian oil imports. he gave me his reaction to the fact that hunger is prime minister, victor, or ban is threatening to veto the plan even though his country has been given an exemption. his ear moment of truth will come and we will see where there are hungary it was blocking the oil embargo because of its her national concerns and the attempt to accommodate, to make the european union accommodate them. or they are doing it for some other reasons of higher political consideration. if all bomb goes ahead and vito's this
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package, what action should the e take? well, i'm afraid to. the european union will face her a precedent at risk of creating a precedent when the unity was broken and her and the unity on russia was broken. and this will be the 1st such case since 2014 i believe that it will cause a lot of damage for the european union itself. mister caliber says he's also received a positive response from the g 7 to his demand for seized russian assets to be used to pay for the reconstruction of his country. after nearly 3 months of war, james bay's al jazeera, vice, and house in northern germany. took his present recept type ado on as says he opposes sweden and finland joining nato because they host what he calls terrorist organizations. he made the comments a day after finland said it would apply to join the block and sweden that it may follow suit. turkey has criticized european countries in the past for how they
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handle organizations like the kurdish p k, k and y, p g and he decision on increasing nato membership must be agreed by all members. and no one says he's skeptical of the move. this run the switch where he lundy, we don't hold positive views, previous turkish governments made a mistake about greatest membership. and you know, greece is current attitude towards turkey backed by nato. we don't want to repeat similar mistakes. furthermore, the scandinavian countries, a guest houses for terrorist organizations, members of the p k, k and the h k, p c, a, hyphen in sweden and netherlands. the even members of the parliament in some countries at this point is not possible for us to take a positive view. returning now to our coverage of the funeral of our colleague shearing oxley, for many palestinians serene and her reports meant something profound. they watched the palestinian woman a pioneer of her generation, telling the stories,
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and writing the 1st draft of their history for the world to the noise is no ordinary journalist, no ordinary human being to us a close friend. and she was a reporter who wears returners to or to have professions, but more importantly to manage this city and boggling trailing. and our entire childhood echo of her voice specially on especially at a time where nobody covered the day and default on the grades on palestinian villages. and the fire was the brute line. one of the things that was really incredible about for those who knew her was that should be covered all aspects of palestinian life. she didn't just cover the issue of gas or the issue. it's really rain or it is really work. she actually also enjoyed covering what it was
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like to be and she with an incredible mentor of mine, i would probably say out of all of the journalist that i worked with there on the ground, and there are a lot. she was perhaps the one that took me under her wing the most me the lay of the land, tommy as much as i could possibly learn about the region and what was happening in . but she also had an incredible compassionate di care. i think if you look at every single picture that has been shared around the world of her, she's always smiling because she had the biggest heart. she was the kindest person . and yet she hi, miss determination and understood with such clarity. and the purpose in which she work, serene clay was the 12th aus, is there a journalist killed since in network creation over 25 years ago. these other names? [000:00:00;00]
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